Improvement in harness



B. H. CROSS.

HARNESS.

Patented Fe -b.1,.1876

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

BENJAMIN H. oEoss, 0F BYRON, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,978, dated February 1, 1876; application filed v January 3, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. Onoss,

of Byron, Holiston county, Georgia, have in-v Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line av :10.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the back-strap; B, the loop; D, the rings; 0, the wire fastened in the loop; E, the buckle-tongue, and F the trace-chain,'the latter passing through the rings, and. the

open at the top to some extent. support the chain and prevent it from droptongues passing through the chain, thus making asimple and cheap contrivance for buckling the chain and the back-band together. The rings may be complete, or they may be The rings ping down when detached from the buckletongue.

Having thus described myinven tion, I claim 'as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- I entv A device for supporting trace chains, consisting of the rings D D, united by a bar, and v having the buckle-tongue E pivoted thereto,

and adapted for use with the back-strap A, substantially as specified.

BENJAMIN H; CROSS.

Witnesses:

THos. B. GOFF, Jos. P. GURR, W. W. WAGNON. 

